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Escherichia coli Competence Gene Homologs Are Essential for Competitive Fitness and the Use of DNA as a Nutrient

Natural genetic competence is the ability of cells to take up extracellular DNA and is an important mechanism for horizontal gene transfer. Another potential benefit of natural competence is that exogenous DNA can serve as a nutrient source for starving bacteria because the ability to “eat” DNA is n...

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Autori principali: Palchevskiy, Vyacheslav, Finkel, Steven E.
Natura: Artigo
Lingua:Inglês
Pubblicazione: American Society for Microbiology 2006
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Accesso online:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1482900/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16707682
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1128/JB.01974-05
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